If you are fond of long distance pigeons, you need to know how someone like jan aarden and his friend piet deweerd engineered this eternal strain of long distance pigeons that has influence almost on every modern marathon pigeons in the world nowadays. Vincent, after spending one and a half hours on the roof. Vincent and the 1st national pau, and 1st international pau of case cox. Our intention is breeding long distance pigeons of a good quality, from the best origin. The most famous, and surely one of the best producing hens the world of pigeon racing has ever seen, is the red hen. However, piet told us emphatically, this is not the way it should be done. During this time we have established a number of world class herds in a number of species. Jan aarden long distance racing pigeons public group facebook. Piet lazeroms ghost loft visted by a reporter jan aarden. The best jan aarden breeder we have ever owned tarbes.
Marijn van geel from nieuw vossemeer was the only fancier who kept the jan aarden strain pure like they were in the 1950s. They do the talking by results so outstanding that dobbelaere was the man to be beaten in any long distance race in recent years. To this day many, futurity birds and combine winners, are bred from descendents of these pigeons. Jan aarden tarbes 1st vs 1,402 16th vs 15,125 36th vs 2,401 54th vs 2,503 super breeder. We have acquired pigeons off the best of her modern day birds, including a son of quasimodo. Eye theory in practice for racing pigeons farmers weekly. With his books, he shared his knowledge and insights of pigeon rearing with a wide. Jan aarden, the history of the dutch extreme long distance. The ridges and valley, or distance and speed lines, within the sign itself were a fairy tale picture book in detail. Majority of the fanciers who had excellent results on these races had built up their lofts with the jan aarden origin. Vincent on a certain willem van campenhout visited jan aarden.
This family of pigeons is a blend of the finest dutch long distance blood of the last 50 years, jan aarden, van geels, delbar, cattrysse etc. On our first two young bird races of 1997, a crested jan aarden was our first bird home each time. Ive had four generations of birds finishing in money positions in the sun city million dollar pigeon race scmdpr, of which the foundation pair was disregarded by an eyesign expert. But no so in the case of jan aarden, he wanted something else. Jan aarden, the history of the dutch long distance pigeons. For the past fifteen years, we have concentrated on the breeding of racing pigeons. Pigeon photos by andre garn dove pigeon, pigeon pictures, eye pictures. Racing pigeons techniques and secrets explained in detail. Dobbelaere is not a great talker but for that he has his son chris and his pigeons. Jan 25, 2018 back to the great pigeon champion sir jan theelen. Jan 15, 2016 racing pigeon for sale 2016 100% jan aarden hen 880 2007 duration. This pigeon was mated with a daughter of one of the best pigeons to ever grace the loft of mr. He also says that jan aarden pigeons are not the only pigeons with dark eyes and the darkcheckered feathering, with white flights, coming with eye and feathering of all colors. Janssen blend jan a blend of the above subfamilies and other selected janssen pigeons.
National bergerac, win many a first prize at the overnight long distance races. Van agtmaal gave to van geel 5 eggs of his best breeding pigeons, two of these being the sire and dam of the world famous 500, one of the best long. However, whilst most of these lofts have excellent birds, hardly anyone kept the jan aarden pigeons pure. So what we got to see at all these lofts were very nice pigeons, but 99 % of them were crossed with other strains than the pure jan aarden strain. The sire and dam of magic moments have bred 35 x 1st prize winners, including 3 x 1sts combine and 6 x 1sts fed. For this purpose we will mostly be using pigeons which can find their foundation in the old jan aarden strain. Many of the aarden pigeons have always had the brightest of the orange eye. From father oomens he learned the trics of the racing pigeon sport. This authoritative book is aimed particularly at those who participate in racing pigeons at. Vincent and the 1st national pau, and 1st international pau of case cox and 1st national bordaux were all blood stock if the piet lazeromss jan aarden. Pigeons of oomens delbardeguffroy, delbar oa via dusarduijn and wagemaker, stichelbaut and meesters from zesentachtig maal het zilvervosje and later on burgemeester boels, were the main source. Some say this was the greatest janssen ever imported to america. Nonetheless, the theory needs further investigation and, as van aswegen says, pigeons should never be culled simply because of certain eyesigns.
New generation jan aarden pigeons racing pigeon lofts, pigeon pictures. The dolle is the most famous jan aarden pigeon of all times. Indeed the pigeons of machiel buijk, are still pure jan aarden pigeons and they are bred from the best lines of the famous jan aarden long distance strain. We purchased off piet a daughter off the famous escobar alias cas. Set in the heart of bodmin moor, near temple, is the house of aarden, owned by steve and lesley wright. Eye on still life photography, eye on people photography. Watch jan aarden dolle gold pigeon all golas on dailymotion. A great name in the pigeon world with more than 40 years experience. Also jan aarden, the dutchman, got the pigeons which made his name world famous in this very area shortly after world war 2. No picture is any magazine, or eyesign book matched the eye of this jan aarden cock. Winner of 64 prizes including 20 x 1st an outstanding racer and breeder. Ko nipius, bred raced and owned by paul stowell, 2 x 1sts ubi combine, 3 x 1sts fed, 6 x 1sts club, 7 x 2nds, beaten by loftmate four times same pigeon.
She is still at the loft but does not lay eggs anymore. Jan aarden fan club the best marathon pigeons ever. In 1939 already jan aarden played his racing pigeons on widowhood. Jan aarden fan club the best marathon pigeons ever has 9,982 members.
Sproet, meaning white spots on the head this hen, the sproet, won 2nd national st. Marijn van geel acquired some birds from a fellow fancier, named van agtmaal, this fancier was the best friend of jan aarden and he could get all the pigeons he wanted from jan aarden. Details about breeders, their pedigrees and how they are paired this year is provided on several locations on the website. Cors winner was also 3rd international from 21,651b.
Jan 04, 2011 the jan aarden pigeons were not big, very well balanced, with very soft feathers and beautiful eyes. Read longdistance pigeon racing online by john clements books. Because of his busy life, machiel decided to stop racing the pigeons at his own loft to concentrate on breeding his jan aarden pigeons. The dolle died in 1985 eighteen years of age at the van geel loft. The information here is based on my own experience and, in my view, is backed by results. Bradshaw family van bruaene x steele of uttoxeter ncblofts. Jan aarden export pigeon center holland home facebook. We are working on adding an elite herd of boer goats.
The site provide extremely helpful information and products related to racing pigeons training, pigeons health,breeding, pairing,feeding,in order to obtain top results in this beautiful sport. Very intelligent and strong pigeons with a fantastic turn of speed, all you need to win at the highest levels. An introduction to the master breeder of jan aarden pigeons machiel buijk. Apr 03, 2007 in 1984 almost every pigeon in the top dozen of the st. Jun 17, 2009 firstly, if a socalled eye sign expert examines your pigeons eyes and tells you which to cull, politely guide him off your property. Due to a lack of sufficient space, however, it was necessary to cut down on numbers and we no longer have any birds out of that crested family. Jan aarden had the patience and skills to build with these pigeons his famous breeding loft. Details about breeders, their pedigrees and how they are paired this year is. Piet was not only a close friend of jan aarden in steenbergen he was also the deliverer of the basis pigeons for the stock building by jan aarden and the man who made the most important couplings when putting together the breeding team. Racing pigeons top tips and secrets racing pigeons. When one gets involved in discussing the sport of pigeon racing the name of jan aarden is sure to appear, especially in relation to the long distances because the strain of racing pigeons created by this master has been immortalised by some due to the impact it has made throughout the world.
See more ideas about pigeon, pigeon breeds and racing pigeons. It was a typical jan aarden pigeon with beautiful chestnutbrown eyes and silksoft feathers. Jan learned a lot about racing pigeon sport with the brothers oomens. Heirloom lines jan aarden site last updated on 01162020. This cock is a proven producer haveing bred several outstanding children. You could have asked any five year old what the color. The house of aarden has expanded every year since 2002, by building new pens, individual breeding compartments and new lofts. See more ideas about racing pigeons, pigeon and homing pigeons.
In 1984 almost every pigeon in the top dozen of the st. A number of ambitious beginners in the pigeon sport have asked what to look for in the eye of a racing pigeon. Pigeons are his life and at his pigeon stud in hoogerheide the breeding of the jan aarden pigeons is the most important goal. I can only describe, steve and lesley as pioneers of the sport of pigeon racing. Jan aarden became a favourite friend of father oomens and so the first pigeons moved from breda to oosterhout. Aug 12, 2016 heidis eyes are precious gems for the eyesign connoisseur. On the loft of machiel buijk, exclusive pigeons from outstanding quality, exceptional handling and extraordinary pedigrees are bred. The week after pau is the bordeaux agen international and again the jan aarden pigeons are there. The jan aarden pigeons were not big, very well balanced, with very soft feathers and beautiful eyes. The legends of pigeons racing racing pigeons welcome to. Now jan aarden became in no time champion in his club in oosterhout. Sale grote fond 7001250 km jan aarden the gold eyes.
Updated article on the jan aarden strain elimar pigeon s. There are many lofts that have found fame based on the jan aarden pigeons. Vincent national, with ever 30,000 pigeons entered, as a piet lazeromss jan aarden. The objective though is crystal clear develop world class families of racing pigeons that perform at the highest levels generation after generation. Jan aarden the gold eyes sale grote fond 7001250 km. As beautiful as the paintings of rembrand, vermeer etc. The vernazza pigeons are responsible for the foundation birds of more lofts in the us than any other line of pigeon we know of.
In the previous century steenbergen and surrounding villages was the mekka of the long distance pigeon racing. Now days eye sign a good gravel eye to several representsd a better bird as also not as many birds havegravel eye. Racing pigeon for sale 2016 100% jan aarden hen 880 2007 duration. Jan aarden, the history of the dutch extreme long distance pigeon. My father and i went to ko nipius for some jan aarden pigeons. It may no doubt be looked upon as the bird that stood at the basis of the jan aarden strain of the 1970s and 1980s. Dec 18, 2019 set in the heart of bodmin moor, near temple, is the house of aarden, owned by steve and lesley wright. Jan aarden found bordeaux to far for his pigeons but it was willem who convinced jan to play for the first time from st. Jan aarden was born in the city of oosterhout on the sixth of november 1893 to martinus aarden and lucia schoenmakers. For six red cards the students got a book to read from father paulus. That it a eye be it violet or orange eye shows a graveling effct from the circle through out the eye.
Thanks to its outstanding performance and particular stock value the dolle had become the best longdistance pigeon in the world. Many lofts have succesfully introduced the pigeons from piet lazeroms. Mar 23, 2007 however, piet told us emphatically, this is not the way it should be done. Katja, a crossbreed between jan aarden witbuik line x van wanroy is a fantastic breeding hen as well. Jan aarden and his legacy, a nice never ending story. From his earliest days jan had a great love for animals and birds and in particular racing pigeons. Shewmaker genetics has been in the animal breeding business for over forty years. Racing pigeon book the secret of eyesign hardcover classic six chapters from proving the value of eyesign, mechanism of a pigeon s eye, formula of recognition mating by eye, the racer, the breeder,condition, violet eye, study of eyesign. Thomas smit is a racing pigeon selector, and a freelance journalist and writer. New generation jan aarden pigeons pigeon pictures, pigeon breeds, homing.
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